# काक
## Khaling
### Etymology

Cognate with Garo kak. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

### Noun

काक (kaak)
* basket

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* kāka (Latin script)
* 𑀓𑀸𑀓 (Brahmi script)
* কাক (Bengali script)
* කාක (Sinhalese script)
* ကာက or ၵႃၵ (Burmese script)
* กาก or กากะ (Thai script)
* ᨠᩣᨠ (Tai Tham script)
* ກາກ or ກາກະ (Lao script)
* កាក (Khmer script)
* 𑄇𑄂𑄇 (Chakma script)

### Noun

काक m
* Devanagari script form of kāka

#### Declension
## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* কাক (Assamese script)
* ᬓᬵᬓ (Balinese script)
* কাক (Bengali script)
* 𑰎𑰯𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀓𑀸𑀓 (Brahmi script)
* ကာက (Burmese script)
* કાક (Gujarati script)
* ਕਾਕ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌕𑌾𑌕 (Grantha script)
* ꦏꦴꦏ (Javanese script)
* 𑂍𑂰𑂍 (Kaithi script)
* ಕಾಕ (Kannada script)
* កាក (Khmer script)
* ກາກ (Lao script)
* കാക (Malayalam script)
* ᡬᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘎𑘰𑘎 (Modi script)
* ᢉᠠᢗᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦮𑧑𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐎𑐵𑐎 (Newa script)
* କାକ (Odia script)
* ꢒꢵꢒ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆑𑆳𑆑 (Sharada script)
* 𑖎𑖯𑖎 (Siddham script)
* කාක (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩜𑩛𑩜 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚊𑚭𑚊 (Takri script)
* காக (Tamil script)
* కాక (Telugu script)
* กาก (Thai script)
* ཀཱ་ཀ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒏𑒰𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨋𑨊𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Imitative, similar to Old High German kā (“crow, jackdaw”), Middle Low German kâ (“crow, jackdaw”) or Derived from Proto-Dravidian *kākkay.

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /kɑː.kɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈkɑː.kɐ/

### Noun

काक • (kāka) stem, m
* (onomatopoeia) (imitation of the cawing of the crow), a crow
* (onomatopoeia) (imitation of the crowing of the rooster)
* (poetry) an expression of contempt

#### Descendants

* Dardic:
** Gawar-Bati: کوٹو (káuṭɔ)
** Indus Kohistani: qā
** Kashmiri: کاو (kāv)
** Khowar: کاغ (kaġ)
** Pashayi:
*** Northwest Pashayi: kāīk, kaī
** Shina: کاں (kā̃)
*** Kohistani Shina: کاہ (kāh)
** Torwali: کک (kak)
* Pali: kāka, kākī
* Prakrit: 𑀓𑀸𑀬 (kāya), 𑀓𑀸𑀈 (kāī)
** Central:
*** Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀓𑀸𑀕 (kāga)
**** Sauraseni Apabhramsa:
***** Old Hindi:
****** Hindustani:
    Hindi: काग (kāg)
    Urdu: کَاگ (kāg)
** Eastern:
*** Magadhi Prakrit:
**** Early Assamese:
***** Assamese: কাউৰী (kauri), কোৱা (küa)
**** Sylheti: ꠇꠣꠃꠀ (xaua), ꠇꠣꠅꠅꠣ (xaooa)
** Northern:
*** Khasa Prakrit:
**** Nepali: काग (kāg)
** Northwestern:
*** Paisaci Prakrit:
**** Takka Apabhramsa:
***** Lahnda: کاں (kā̃)
***** Punjabi: kā̃
    Gurmukhi script: ਕਾਂ (kā̃)
    Shahmukhi script: کاں (kāṉ)
**** Vracada Apabhramsa:
***** Sindhi: kā̃
    Arabic script: ڪَان
    Devanagari script: कां
** Southern:
*** Helu Prakrit:
**** Dhivehi: ކާޅު (kāḷu), ކައުޅު (kauḷu)
**** Sinhalese: කා (kā)
*** Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀓𑀸𑀅 (kāa) (see there for further descendants)
** Western:
*** Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀓𑀸𑀕 (kāga)
**** Gurjara Apabhramsa:
***** Old Gujarati:
****** Gujarati: કાગ (kāg), કાગડો (kāgḍo)
** ⇒ Prakrit: *𑀓𑀸𑀓-𑀉𑀓 (*kāka-uka)
*** Central:
**** Sauraseni Prakrit: *𑀓𑀸𑀕-𑀉𑀕 (*kāga-uga)
***** Sauraseni Apabhramsa:
****** Hindustani:
******* Hindi: कौआ (kauā)
******* Urdu: کَوّا (kavvā)
*** Eastern:
**** Magadhi Prakrit:
***** Bengali: কাউয়া (kauẏa)
***** Bihari:
****** Bhojpuri: कउआ (kauā)
***** Odia: କାଉ (kāu)
*** Northern:
**** Khasa Prakrit:
***** Central Pahari:
****** Kumaoni: कव (kaw)
***** Western Pahari:
****** Bhadrawahi: कौ (kau)
*** Northwestern:
**** Paisaci Prakrit:
***** Takka Apabhramsa:
****** Lahnda: کاءں (kāũ)
****** Punjabi: ਕਂਉ (kãu), ਕਊਆ (kaūā), ਕਾਉਣੀ (kāuṇī)
***** Vracada Apabhramsa:
****** Sindhi: kā̃ũ
    Arabic script: ڪَاءُن
    Devanagari script: काउं
*** Southern:
**** Maharastri Prakrit:
***** Marathi: काऊ (kāū)
*** Western:
**** Sauraseni Prakrit:
***** Gujarati: કાઉ (kāu)
** ⇒ Prakrit: *𑀓𑀸𑀓-𑀭 (*kāka-ra)
*** Eastern:
**** Magadhi Prakrit:
***** Assamese: কাউৰী (kauri)
** ⇒ Prakrit: 𑀓𑀸𑀓𑀮 (kākala)
*** Southern:
**** Maharastri Prakrit:
***** Konkani: kāvḷo
    Devanagari script: कावळो
    Kannada script: ಕಾವ್ಳೊ
    Latin script: kavllo
***** Marathi: कावळा (kāvḷā)

#### Borrowed terms

* → Bengali: কাক (kak)
* → Kannada: ಕಾಕ (kāka)
* → Malayalam: കാകം (kākaṁ)
* Old Marathi: kāg|bor=1
    Devanagari script: काग
    Modi script: 𑘎𑘰𑘐
* → Tamil: காகம் (kākam)
* → Telugu: కాకము (kākamu), కాకి (kāki)

### References

* ↑ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kāˊka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press